MS Word: Repeated Table Header and Text Wrapping Explanation

Gabriel 1 Reputation point
2020-10-06T08:53:13.513+00:00

Hi,

when generating a large table in an Word Document, I came across a (rather known) issue regarding the repeating of aHeader Row.

If the Text Wrapping of the table is set to "Around", the Header Row is NOT repeated, even if the corresponding flag is set.
This feature only works if the Text Wrapping is set to "None".
The issue occurs no matter if the settings are done via the UI or in VBA.

My question is, if there is someone who can explain to me why this issue is happening, or point me to documentation, a bug report or a forum entry with an official statement, where there is Information about this issue.

Help would be highly appreciated, as "features" like this in the Office framework really make it hard to properly write VBA code that is not randomly breaking.

Sincerely,
Gabriel

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  1. Charles Kenyon 2,666 Reputation points
    2020-10-06T14:11:05.753+00:00

    I suspect that floating tables were not intended to span multiple pages.

    1 person found this answer helpful.

  2. Emi Zhang-MSFT 22,796 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-10-07T08:54:03.637+00:00

    Hi @Gabriel
    I suggest you give a feedback to Word user voice forum:
    https://word.uservoice.com/forums/304924-word-for-windows-desktop-application
    This is a way for Microsoft collect feedback and information from users.
    Hope it's a good way for you.

    Regards,
    Emi